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Civil Rights Act of 1991
US labor law passed in 1991 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Civil Rights Act of 1991[3] is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. The Act represented the first effort since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify some of the basic procedural and substantive rights provided by federal law in employment discrimination cases. It provided the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims and introduced the possibility of emotional distress damages and limited the amount that a jury could award. It added provisions to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protections expanding the rights of women to sue and collect compensatory and punitive damages for sexual discrimination or harassment.
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Long title | Civil Rights Act of 1991 |
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Enacted by | the 102nd United States Congress |
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Public law | Pub. L. 102-166 |
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Titles amended | Title 42—Public Health And Welfare |
U.S.C. sections amended | 1981 et seq. |
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United States President George H. W. Bush had used his veto against the more comprehensive Civil Rights Act of 1990. He feared racial quotas would be imposed but later approved the 1991 version of the bill.[4]